Indiana

Federal Judge Rules Indiana Can't Block Planned Parenthood Funding

Jillian Rayfield | June 27, 2011, 10:47AM

A federal judge has granted Planned Parenthood a temporary injunction against an Indiana law that stripped it of all federal funding in the state.

"If dogma trumps pragmatism and neither side budges, Indiana's most vulnerable citizens could end up paying the price as the collateral damage of a partisan battle," U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt wrote in her decision.

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Topics: Abortion, Indiana, Planned Parenthood

Indiana

Indiana And Planned Parenthood Take Defunding Battle To Federal Court

Jillian Rayfield | June 6, 2011, 12:24PM

A District Court judge in Indiana is now considering whether to grant a preliminary injunction against a new law that strips Indiana Planned Parenthood of all of its federal funding.

Planned Parenthood has requested a preliminary injunction against the law, arguing that without it the state will stop receiving about $1.4 million in Medicaid funding on June 20, and would cut health care services for more than 9,000 people.

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Topics: Abortion, Indiana, Mitch Daniels, Planned Parenthood